Southern Africa

Population

(2017 est.)

GDP (PPP)

US$ Billion (2017 est.)

GDP per

capita

US$ (2017 est.)

School life

expectancy

Male

Female

Literacy rate

15 & over %

Male

Female

Education

expenditures% of GDP

Urban

population

% (2020)

Urbanization

rate % (2015-2020)

Botswana

2,214,858

39.01

17,000

13 (2013)

13

13

88.5 (2015)

88

88.9

9.6 (2009)

70.9

2.87

Lesotho

1,958,042

6.656

3300

11 (2015)

10

11

79.4 (2015)

70.1

88.3

6.4 (2018)

29

2.83

Namibia

2,484,780

26.6

11,200

..

..

..

91.5 (2018)

91.6

91.4

3.1 (2014)

52

4.2

South Africa

54,841,552

767.2

13,600

14 (2016)

13

14

87 (2017)

87.7

86.5

6.2 (2018)

67.4

1.97

eSwatini

1,078,215

11.6

10,100

11 (2013)

12

11

88.4 (2015)

88.3

88.5

7.1 (2014)

24.2

2.46

Total/Ave.

62,577,447

851.066

13,600